Bauhinia mombassae

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	FABALES	LEGUMINOSAE

Scientific Name:	Bauhinia mombassae
Species Authority:	Vatke

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered B1+2c ver 2.3
Year Published:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	CAMP Workshop, Kenya (November 1996)
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Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Reportedly common in places. Populations are known from Shimba Hills National Reserve, Kaya Rabai, a locality along Mwache River and Mkongani North.
Countries:	Native: Kenya
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A small tree of rocky riverine areas.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There is a threat of habitat degradation and increasing elephant numbers could also pose a problem.

Major Threat(s):

There is a threat of habitat degradation and increasing elephant numbers could also pose a problem.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Of the four sites, only Kaya Rabai is not legally protected.

Conservation Actions:

Of the four sites, only Kaya Rabai is not legally protected.

Bibliography [top]

	Luke, Q. (ed.) 1996. Conservation Assessment and Management Planning (CAMP) Workshop for selected species of the Kenya coastal forests. National Museums of Kenya - Darwin course: Plant conservation techniques for East Africa. 20-25 November 1996 (unpublished). Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Luke, Q. (ed.) 1996. Conservation Assessment and Management Planning (CAMP) Workshop for selected species of the Kenya coastal forests. National Museums of Kenya - Darwin course: Plant conservation techniques for East Africa. 20-25 November 1996 (unpublished).

Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Citation:	CAMP Workshop, Kenya (November 1996) 1998. Bauhinia mombassae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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